Method of growing rice plants and germinated brown rice

ABSTRACT

This invention provides a method of growing rice plants wherein abundant elements and trace elements significantly influencing growth of rice plants are incorporated into rice plants to improve the nutritional balance in the rice plants thereby eliminating the influence of insects causing damage to crops and making spraying of agrochemicals needless so as not to adversely affect the human body.  
     A mineral fertilizer extracted from e.g. seawater is used in a paddy planted with rice plants, and by a delicate balance between abundant elements and trace elements as mineral components therein, exerts good influence on growth of the rice plants thereby permitting the plants to grow without loosing the nutritional balance, improving resistance to insects causing damage to crops, allowing the rice plants to grow satisfactorily, and eliminating spraying of agrochemicals.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] This invention relates to a method of growing rice plants andgerminated brown rice.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (three fertilizer elements)are essential for growth of rice plants. Along with these elements,there are elements playing an important role in growth of rice plants.Such elements are minerals.

[0005] The minerals include abundant elements and trace elements such assilicon, calcium and magnesium, and with a delicate balancetherebetween, exert a great influence on growth of rice plants.

[0006] Rice plants deficient in these minerals lose a nutritionalbalance to fall unhealthy, thus necessitating a spray of agrochemicals.

[0007] People often say “tasty” and “tasteless”, and it is said thatsuch “tasty” and “tasteless” are affected greatly by the content ofamino acids such as glutamic acid and inosinic acid.

[0008] For generating such amino acids in rice plants, the minerals arenecessary as well.

[0009] Accordingly, the object of this invention is to provide a methodof growing rice plants without the need to spray agrochemicals by usinga mineral fertilizer essential for growth of rice plants, as well asgerminated brown rice.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] To solve the problem described above, this invention provides amethod of growing rice plants, which comprises using a mineralfertilizer in a paddy planted with rice seedlings.

[0011] Further, the mineral fertilizer makes use of the one extractedfrom seawater.

[0012] In addition, the germinated brown rice is provided by using amineral fertilizer in a paddy planted with rice seedlings andgerminating the harvested brown rice by an appropriate means.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] In the first aspect of this invention, rice seedlings grown in aseedbed by a known means are planted in a paddy by a rice-plantingmachine.

[0014] Then, the mineral fertilizer is used in the paddy planted withrice seedlings.

[0015] The said mineral fertilizer may also be used before riceseedlings are planted. That is, the mineral fertilizer is used beforeand after rice seedlings are planted, and by use thereof after planting,the efficiency of absorption of the mineral fertilizer into rice plantsis increased.

[0016] The amount of the said mineral fertilizer is around 100 kg every10 ares.

[0017] The said mineral fertilizer includes:

[0018] boron,

[0019] manganese,

[0020] iodine,

[0021] copper,

[0022] zinc,

[0023] molybdenum,

[0024] nickel, and

[0025] chromium.

[0026] For example, these elements are extracted from rock salts, oresand seawater or the like, and the extracted minerals are mixed withfillers such as soil, kneaded, granulated and sprayed on a paddy.

[0027] By use of the abundant elements in the mineral fertilizer in apaddy, the mineral fertilizer is absorbed into rice plants by virtue ofthe synergistic effect of many kinds of trace elements, and by thefunction of trace elements, amino acids are also formed in the riceplants.

[0028] The mineral fertilizer is helpful in forming such amino acids,thus significantly contributing to harvest of “tasty” rice (brown rice).

[0029] Naturally, both the abundant elements and trace elements in themineral fertilizer exert good influence with a delicate balance ongrowth of rice plants without loosing a nutritional balance.

[0030] As a result, it becomes needless to spray agrochemicals harmingthe human body.

[0031] That is, rice plants grow satisfactorily without having theinfluence of insects causing damage to crops.

[0032] In the second aspect of this invention, the mineral fertilizer isextracted from seawater.

[0033] The mineral fertilizer thus extracted from seawater containsminerals in good balance. This is because the flowing water fromriversides into the sea contains minerals from each of mountains andrivers.

[0034] In the third aspect of this invention, the brown rice harvestedin the first aspect of this invention is germinated in a known means togive germinated brown rice.

[0035] The resulting germinated brown rice demonstrates an effect thatis splendid (also medically by the synergistic action between brown ricethat is “tasty” due to the help of the mineral fertilizer in growth ofamino acids as shown in the first aspect and the effect accompanying thegermination of the brown rice, which is unique to the germinated brownrice.

[0036] That is, when the brown rice from the rice plants harvested inthe first aspect is germinated and eaten, the degree of absorption ofabundant minerals contained in the brown rice is significantly increasedand the unique efficiency possessed by the germinated brown rice isfurther improved by germination of the brown rice.

[0037] The primary factor thereof is that the content of “γ-aminobutyricacid” (generally called GABA) in the germinated brown rice is about 1.6times as high as that in brown rice and about 10 times as high as thatin polished rice.

[0038] Ingestion of this GABA is improved owing to the brown rice usingthe mineral fertilizer, thus demonstrates an excellent effect onpromotion of human health.

[0039] The rice plants have the function of storing minerals in them. Inaddition, brown rice contains phytic acid in an amount as large as about1%.

[0040] Because brown rice has the action of preventing the human bodyfrom absorbing minerals, a metabolic defect in calcium is found in abrown rice meal.

[0041] Germinated brown rice finishes fulfilling the original role ofpreventing release of minerals for species storage, and phytic acid isdecomposed by the action of a phytase into phosphorus and inositol.

[0042] As a result, the minerals can be absorbed without any obstacle.

[0043] According to the method of growing rice plants in the presentinvention as described above, the minerals used in the fertilizer forgrowth of rice seedlings are absorbed into rice plants, and by theaction of trace elements therein, allow amino acids to be formed in therice, thus contributing greatly to harvest of “tasty” rice (brown rice)and by a delicate balance between the abundant elements and traceelements in the mineral fertilizer, exert good influence on growth ofrice plants without loosing the nutritional balance, thus resulting inelimination of spraying of agrochemicals harming the human body andleading to an increase in yield at an early stage.

[0044] Further, the mineral fertilizer is extracted from seawater andcan thus contain minerals with good balance.

[0045] In addition, the harvested brown rice is germinated therebydemonstrating an effect that is splendid (also medically) by thesynergistic action between brown rice that is “tasty” due to the help ofthe mineral fertilizer in growth of amino acids and the effectaccompanying the germination of the brown rice, which is unique to thegerminated brown rice.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of growing rice plants, characterized inthat comprises using a mineral fertilizer in a paddy planted with riceseedlings.
 2. The method of growing rice plants according to claim 1,characterized in that the mineral fertilizer has been extracted fromseawater.
 3. Germinated brown rice, characterized in using a mineralfertilizer in a paddy planted with rice seedlings and germinating theharvested brown rice by a suitable means.